I listened to Coach Belichick's interview on WEEI earlier today (the interview actually took place yesterday). I heard him mention that Vollmer played tight end before too, which got me thinking. I'm POSITIVE Belichick is going to have a wrinkle or two in the playoffs, which he seemingly does every year.

Any thoughts on pulling Vollmer out as a tight end on a play or two just to get the defense thinking?

BB would be crazy not to keep Vollmer at RT. Since he replaced Kaczur,Brady has not been sacked. An O-line that hasn't given up a sack in 3 games should not be messed with.Our running game has really picked up too since he was put in.Let a TE be a TE.

A winkle is always nice, but I have to go with cow on this one. We have a very good mix on the offensive line right now. We really don't want to mess with it. Last Sunday demonstrated that perhaps the best "new" wrinkles are the "old" wrinkles from pre-2007.

I'd have to agree. Vrabel coming in on offense doesn't hurt the pass protection. Of course lining up at the end of the line and having him report as eligible gives the other team's D something to think about. On the other hand we have 2 backs capable of basting into the end zone. Point is we could argue this all day from either perspective.

we do need something differenct/effective for our red zone offense and defense.

For example, we don't seem to have many plays near the goal line where there might be some movement or misdirection as opposed to running from an i formation. This is where some creativity would come in handy.

Defensively, we need to me more aggressive - chucking at the line of scrimmage - and creating more confusing looks so that the opposing QB makes errors or something that will improve our pass rush. We'v got to get to the quarterback if we have any hopes of getting back to the superbowl.

was thinking the same thing as caraway and cow... vollmer should be so firmly entrenched at RT that it takes the ground crews hours to move him after games. perhaps we can send kaczur pr levoir out as a TE. i just want sea bass clobbering and intimidating d-lineman, blitzers and linebackers. i dont want him exposed to injury by running routes, laying out for a catch or taking hits. it would be funny to see him catching something at the one yard line and watching some DB trying to hit him out of the end zone!

We have 2 good tight ends and Vollmer has stabilized the line. I'd rather keep him at RT.

I think a better option would be to split Watson out wide in the red zone to give Brady a physical receiver that they had with Givens and Stallworth. They could then use LeVoir as the second blocking tight end if necessary. LeVoir was recruited to ND as a tight end.